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tort
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to twist
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tract
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to drag, pull, draw
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trans
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across
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us, ut
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to use
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ven, vent
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to come, move toward
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good ventilation has air coming and moving towards you.
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ver
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truth
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vers, vert
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to turn
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The converted Jack Deere memorized many verses
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vi
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life
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revival
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vid, vis
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to see
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voc, vok
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to call
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pro voke
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vol
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to wish
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astringent
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having a tightening effect on living tissue, harsh, severe
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A gent that has been pulled so mucy he looks like a string
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demur
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to question or oppose
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de (negative) + mur
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effrontery
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extreme boldness
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ef + front
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evanescent
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tending to disappear like vapor, vanishing
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van + esce
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impunity
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immunity from punishment or penalty
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Im + pun
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ingenuous
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artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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gen
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inimical
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damaging; harmful; malevolent
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mic = death
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intransigent
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refusing to compromise
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a gent will never go trans and change his mind
trans = across |
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laconic
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using few words, terse
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lac
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loquacious
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extremely talkative
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loq
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opprobium
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disgrace; contempt; scorn
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op + prob
a person pointing an opposing finger at you |
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parody
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a humorous imitation intended for ridicule or comic effect, especially in literature and art
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rod
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pernicious
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extremely harmful; potentially causing death
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per + nic
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perspicacious
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acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
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per + spic
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peruse
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to examine with great care
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plethora
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an overabundance, a surplus
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ple = fill
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pervaricate
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to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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per + var
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profligate
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excessively wastefull; recklessly extravagant
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pro + fling
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sedulous
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diligent, persistent; hardworking
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